I debug because I'm smart, and I enjoy it, and I frequently find bugs that I didn't know existed by seeing inside a frame as it's executing. Debugging is a crucial skill in many fields, particularly embedded work (which is the irony in your comment), and the insight from breakpoints and a couple afternoons of digging is unique among our tools. I hate sweeping generalizations of how programming should be done, regardless of what they are.
Watch this sweeping generalization:
If you don't love debugging, I don't think you're a seasoned or valuable programmer.
Watch this sweeping generalization:
If you don't love debugging, I don't think you're a seasoned or valuable programmer.